No Desistas

Cuando vayan mal las cosas

como a veces suelen ir,

cuando ofrezca tu camino

solo cuestas que subir,

cuando tengas poco haber

pero mucho que pagar,

y precises sonreír

aun teniendo que llorar,

cuando ya el dolor te agobie

y no puedas ya sufrir,

descansar acaso debes

¡pero nunca desistir!

Tras las sombras de la duda

ya plateadas, ya sombrías,

puede bien surgir el triunfo

no el fracaso que temías,

y no es dable a tu ignorancia

figurarte cuán cercano

pueda estar el bien que anhelas

y que juzgas tan lejano.

Lucha, pues por más que tengas

en la brega que sufrir,

cuando todo esté peor,

más debemos insistir.



VERSIÓN ORIGINAL

When things go wrong

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling